Method and apparatus for controlling a medical device with a macro instruction
US5355892A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H10/60
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cardiograph having a keypad includes an internal disc drive for reading a floppy disc provided to the drive. ROM and RAM in the cardiograph incudes a program for loading a macro instruction contained on a floppy disc into the cardiograph RAM. Another program executes the macro instruction responsive to an operator-actuated input. The macro instruction includes keypad codes which provide patient data and configuration and control instructions to the cardiograph. Several special function codes which do not correspond to keypad codes are provided for pausing the macro instruction, ending the instruction and other special functions. In one aspect, patient data is copied onto the floppy disc from a hospital information system and thereafter provided to the cardiograph preliminary to a cardiographic recording session with the patient.
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